50 Amazing Facts About The A-10 Thunderbolt

Cross Look

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On the second day of the First Iraq War, two A-10’s destroyed 23 Iraqi tanks across three sorties. This impressive display caused the Iraqi soldiers to refer to the A-10 as the “Cross of Death” – because of the plane’s semblance to a cross from underneath.

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